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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 172, NO. 53 | Friday April 8, 2011
InDEX 3 · Digest 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports
Festivities: Read about two
of the bands that will be at
Sunday’s KXSC Fest. PAGE 5
Bounce back: USC faces UCLA after
falling to Stanford in double overtime
last week. PAGE 12
Jennifer Schultz | Daily Trojan
Speak out · Provost Elizabeth Garrett spoke at the Take Back the Night rally Thursday
night. Garrett said she is proud of students for standing together in spite of recent events.
By jared servantez
Daily Trojan
Two USC administrators seized the opportunity at
yesterday’s Take Back the Night rally to address the re-cent
scandals that have rocked the USC community.
Provost Elizabeth Garrett, the first woman to hold
the office of provost at USC, kicked off the rally in
front of Tommy Trojan by saying she is proud of how
students have come together in the wake of the viral
Kappa Sigma email that referred to women as “tar-gets.”
“We have here a commitment to free speech and
robust discourse, but also a commitment to power,
safety and civil discourse,” said Garrett, whose ap-pearance
at Take Back the Night was unannounced.
“What happens in a university that can sometimes be
difficult is when these commitments come into ten-sion.
We’ve seen that over the past few days because
of a repugnant, objectionable and vile email that goes
against our commitment to respect.”
Garrett said students’ true strength was shown
in their ability to stand together in opposition to
misogyny and disrespect.
“What we’ve seen on this campus over the past few
days has been how we deal with this tension,” Garrett
said. “We combat the objectionable, the vile and the
repulsive speech through our community by speak-ing
out. We delegitimize it, we ensure the safety of our
comrades and we fight ignorance and intolerance with
Surprise guests
speak at Take
Back the Night
Elizabeth Garrett and Michael L. Jackson spoke
at the Take Back the Night rally on Thursday.
| see night, page 3 |
| see Club, page 2 |
By hannah madans
Daily Trojan
James Owens, assistant profes-sor
of clinical management com-munication
at USC, began writ-ing
The World Is Just A Book
Away, but instead of finishing
the book, Owens chose to cre-ate
a non-profit organization of
the same name to give kids in
Indonesia books and libraries.
The World is Just a Book Away
was founded by Owens in 2008.
Since then, it has built 47 li-braries
in Indonesia and provid-ed
25,000 children with 45,000
books. Discussion about creating
a USC club began at the begin-ning
of the semester.
The nonprofit’s mission to
give children in Indonesia books
was met with enthusiasm from
students. Students in response
have recently founded a The
World Is Just A Book Away Club
USC chapter to work with the
nonprofit organization.
Owens founded the organiza-tion
after visiting more than 50
countries. Upon seeing the dev-astated
communities, he decid-ed
it would be helpful to provide
books to children.
“I’ve seen children who have
access to no books and few re-sources
and I know that books
provide a whole world of dreams
and adventure and hope to chil-dren,”
Owens said. “So I thought,
let me build a library for kids.”
The nonprofit quickly gar-nered
support from USC faculty
and alumni, many of whom sit on
the organization’s board.
“James has an innate ability
to mobilize people quickly, and I
share his vision in believing that
all children, regardless of where
they live and what their socioeco-nomic
situation is, should have
access to books and education,”
said Jonathan Schwartz, a board
member for The World Is Just A
Book Away and USC alumni.
Billy Buffington, a junior ma-joring
in business administra-tion
and human performance,
and Alex Schaffhausen, a senior
majoring in economics and bio-logical
sciences, founded the club
after learning about the organi-zation
in Owens’ class.
Schaffhausen said he became
involved with the organization
because he saw other children
were not given the same oppor-tunities
he was and wanted to
change that.
“My parents have always
taught me the importance of ed-ucation
... I’ve traveled to third
world countries and I realized
that a lot of kids don’t have the
same opportunities to go to
school,” Schaffhausen said. “I
want to do my part in helping
other children have the same op-portunities
I have.”
The club, which now has 12
members, hopes to have 30 by
the end of the year, according to
Buffington. Buffington said any
USC student can join.
To raise money and increase
awareness about the club, the
group will be holding a 5K run
Sunday, April 10. Every dollar
donated is the equivalent of one
book for the kids in Indonesia.
The club spent two months
finding sponsors, making signs,
sending out emails and meeting
with university officials to get
the course for the 5K approved.
“Most sources I found rec-ommend
anywhere from three
to six months for preparation,”
Nonprofit creates a new club at USC
The World Is Just A Book Away
is hosting a run Sunday that
will start at Tommy Trojan.
Jennifer Schultz | Daily Trojan
Sports fans
Willie Gault (left), former wide receiver, Matt Leinart, Heisman Trophy
winner, and Dr. Daniel Durbin (right), director of the USC Annenberg
Institute of Sports, Media, & Society, talk about the future of the NFL.
By bridget mcanany and
grace wong
Daily Trojan
Students at the last ally discus-sion
of the year concluded USC is
fairly accepting of LGBT students,
but suggested the university focus
on educating students about sex-ual
identity and gender to further
improve its relationship with the
LGBT community.
Specifically, the panel, which
consisted of Sara Parker, a gradu-ate
student in the School of Policy,
Planning, and Development;
Julianne Gale, a graduate stu-dent
in the School of Theatre;
Nick Powers, a sophomore study-ing
in East Asian area studies; and
Kristopher Patrick, a sophomore
majoring in biological sciences
discussed ways professors and the
Greek community can help.
Although some houses on The
Row have an ally chair that works
with the LGBT community, Greek
members hope all houses will
eventually have one.
The ally chair is not an offi-cial
position, and the duties car-ried
out by the member are added
Panel talks
about Greek
ally program
| see Panel, page 3 |
The last ally discussion of
the year pushes for continued
education about gender issues.

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 172, NO. 53 | Friday April 8, 2011
InDEX 3 · Digest 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 10 · Sudoku 12 · Sports
Festivities: Read about two
of the bands that will be at
Sunday’s KXSC Fest. PAGE 5
Bounce back: USC faces UCLA after
falling to Stanford in double overtime
last week. PAGE 12
Jennifer Schultz | Daily Trojan
Speak out · Provost Elizabeth Garrett spoke at the Take Back the Night rally Thursday
night. Garrett said she is proud of students for standing together in spite of recent events.
By jared servantez
Daily Trojan
Two USC administrators seized the opportunity at
yesterday’s Take Back the Night rally to address the re-cent
scandals that have rocked the USC community.
Provost Elizabeth Garrett, the first woman to hold
the office of provost at USC, kicked off the rally in
front of Tommy Trojan by saying she is proud of how
students have come together in the wake of the viral
Kappa Sigma email that referred to women as “tar-gets.”
“We have here a commitment to free speech and
robust discourse, but also a commitment to power,
safety and civil discourse,” said Garrett, whose ap-pearance
at Take Back the Night was unannounced.
“What happens in a university that can sometimes be
difficult is when these commitments come into ten-sion.
We’ve seen that over the past few days because
of a repugnant, objectionable and vile email that goes
against our commitment to respect.”
Garrett said students’ true strength was shown
in their ability to stand together in opposition to
misogyny and disrespect.
“What we’ve seen on this campus over the past few
days has been how we deal with this tension,” Garrett
said. “We combat the objectionable, the vile and the
repulsive speech through our community by speak-ing
out. We delegitimize it, we ensure the safety of our
comrades and we fight ignorance and intolerance with
Surprise guests
speak at Take
Back the Night
Elizabeth Garrett and Michael L. Jackson spoke
at the Take Back the Night rally on Thursday.
| see night, page 3 |
| see Club, page 2 |
By hannah madans
Daily Trojan
James Owens, assistant profes-sor
of clinical management com-munication
at USC, began writ-ing
The World Is Just A Book
Away, but instead of finishing
the book, Owens chose to cre-ate
a non-profit organization of
the same name to give kids in
Indonesia books and libraries.
The World is Just a Book Away
was founded by Owens in 2008.
Since then, it has built 47 li-braries
in Indonesia and provid-ed
25,000 children with 45,000
books. Discussion about creating
a USC club began at the begin-ning
of the semester.
The nonprofit’s mission to
give children in Indonesia books
was met with enthusiasm from
students. Students in response
have recently founded a The
World Is Just A Book Away Club
USC chapter to work with the
nonprofit organization.
Owens founded the organiza-tion
after visiting more than 50
countries. Upon seeing the dev-astated
communities, he decid-ed
it would be helpful to provide
books to children.
“I’ve seen children who have
access to no books and few re-sources
and I know that books
provide a whole world of dreams
and adventure and hope to chil-dren,”
Owens said. “So I thought,
let me build a library for kids.”
The nonprofit quickly gar-nered
support from USC faculty
and alumni, many of whom sit on
the organization’s board.
“James has an innate ability
to mobilize people quickly, and I
share his vision in believing that
all children, regardless of where
they live and what their socioeco-nomic
situation is, should have
access to books and education,”
said Jonathan Schwartz, a board
member for The World Is Just A
Book Away and USC alumni.
Billy Buffington, a junior ma-joring
in business administra-tion
and human performance,
and Alex Schaffhausen, a senior
majoring in economics and bio-logical
sciences, founded the club
after learning about the organi-zation
in Owens’ class.
Schaffhausen said he became
involved with the organization
because he saw other children
were not given the same oppor-tunities
he was and wanted to
change that.
“My parents have always
taught me the importance of ed-ucation
... I’ve traveled to third
world countries and I realized
that a lot of kids don’t have the
same opportunities to go to
school,” Schaffhausen said. “I
want to do my part in helping
other children have the same op-portunities
I have.”
The club, which now has 12
members, hopes to have 30 by
the end of the year, according to
Buffington. Buffington said any
USC student can join.
To raise money and increase
awareness about the club, the
group will be holding a 5K run
Sunday, April 10. Every dollar
donated is the equivalent of one
book for the kids in Indonesia.
The club spent two months
finding sponsors, making signs,
sending out emails and meeting
with university officials to get
the course for the 5K approved.
“Most sources I found rec-ommend
anywhere from three
to six months for preparation,”
Nonprofit creates a new club at USC
The World Is Just A Book Away
is hosting a run Sunday that
will start at Tommy Trojan.
Jennifer Schultz | Daily Trojan
Sports fans
Willie Gault (left), former wide receiver, Matt Leinart, Heisman Trophy
winner, and Dr. Daniel Durbin (right), director of the USC Annenberg
Institute of Sports, Media, & Society, talk about the future of the NFL.
By bridget mcanany and
grace wong
Daily Trojan
Students at the last ally discus-sion
of the year concluded USC is
fairly accepting of LGBT students,
but suggested the university focus
on educating students about sex-ual
identity and gender to further
improve its relationship with the
LGBT community.
Specifically, the panel, which
consisted of Sara Parker, a gradu-ate
student in the School of Policy,
Planning, and Development;
Julianne Gale, a graduate stu-dent
in the School of Theatre;
Nick Powers, a sophomore study-ing
in East Asian area studies; and
Kristopher Patrick, a sophomore
majoring in biological sciences
discussed ways professors and the
Greek community can help.
Although some houses on The
Row have an ally chair that works
with the LGBT community, Greek
members hope all houses will
eventually have one.
The ally chair is not an offi-cial
position, and the duties car-ried
out by the member are added
Panel talks
about Greek
ally program
| see Panel, page 3 |
The last ally discussion of
the year pushes for continued
education about gender issues.